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DO0R LOCK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17. 1921.

Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

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.WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

' Door. Lock.

- Application filed Marclr17, 1921. Serial No. 452,929.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. VIINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, inthe county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Locks, of which the.

following is a specification. i

This invention relates to door locking devices for railway cars or the like and has for its primary object to provide a simple and reliable means for holding the doors in closed position. Theinvention consists of the formation, combination and, arrangement of parts as will be herein described and claimed. 1 v i I a In the drawings which show a preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is sectional view through the securingdevice, .tlllS view being taken approximately onthe line 4-4 ofFigure 2. Figure 5 is a horizontal 86013101181 vlew taken along the irregular line 5-5 of Figure 2 and showing portions of the doorsin plan view.

Referring to these drawings, the side of the car is designated 6 with a reinforcing angle iron 29 along its lower edge. The car is shown as'equipped with a pair of doors 7 and 8, these being hinged along their remote edgesto the car floor at 9 and 10 re spectively. The doors have each a stiffen- 1ng angle iron 11 extending along their ad- 13.661113 edges in a (llI'GQtlOIl' parallel to the door l11nges, and the ends of these angle.

irons extend outside of the plane of the car side to form. seats for. the door, securing hooks 12, one of which is supplied for each side of each door. The angle irons are each other and with their. horizontal legs extending. away froin each other or toward .the door hinges. Inengaging the angle irons the hooks l2 swing toward each other beneath the horizontal legs ofthe angle irons, or toward the free edges of their respective doors;

In order to prevent the hooks from swinging laterally beyond the ends of the angle irons, each of the latter is provided with a brace casting 13 which encloses the end of the angle iron and forms a stop for the hook.

.These castings at the same time form ties or braces for the open ends of the angle irons, so as to prevent bending of the flat legs from the load. These braces aresecured to the angle irons by means of the rivets 1a. The hooks 12 are pivoted to the car side at15 and overlying them is a plate shaped bracket 16 through which the pivot rivets 17 are passed. This bracket 16 has bosses 80 on its inner face through which the rivets 17 pass and the hooks 12 swing upon these bosses. The bracket may thus be securely riveted tothe car side and the hooks be free to swing in the pocket formed by the bosses between the bracket and the car side, the bosses being of slightly greater length than the thickness of the hooks. Rivets 18 are also used to secure the bracket 16 to the car side and these pass through I "similar bosses or spacers 19. As all of these bosses are castintegral with the bracket 16 it will be evident that all of the rivets 17 and 18, as well as a later described rivet 28, serve to support the door-hook load. The bosses 19 are also so located as to form hook stops to prevent the hooks swinging inward into positions where the doors would not latch themselves when swung shut. The

.edgesof the castings 13 contact the beveled approach portions 20 of the hooks and cause the latter to retreat when the doors are lifted up.

In order to prevent the hooks from becomingaccidentally disengaged, a hook lock 21 is supplied. This lock has its upper end formedas a spacing block 22 arranged to be dropped into a position between the upper extensions 23 of the hooks. As these eX- tensions lie beyond. the pivot points of the hooks it will be evident that they approach.

each other when the hooks are swung out of engagement with the angle irons. When the lock 21 is dropped so that the block portion 22 seats between these hook extensions it will be seen that neither hook can be swung for disengagement without driving the other hook into further engagement with its angle iron. v As the limits set in the construction will not permit the total disengage ment of one hook before the other hook strikes a stop follows that'neither hook can bedisengaged without the removal of the block portion 22 from its position between the hooks.

In order to prevent the total removal and possible loss of the lock 21 a portion thereof immediately beneath the block portion 22 is made of reduced width to allow enough hook movement for disengagement and beneath this there is provided a portion with a vertically elongated slot which loosely fits upon a retaining bossQT formed upon the bracket 16. The slot of'suflicient length to allow the lock 21 to be raised the required amount to allow the withorawal of the hook from beneath the angles 11. The boss 27 "thus prevents the complete removal of the lock 21. A rivet 28 passes through the boss 27 in the same manner described for the ets 15 and 18. The hook i ck 21 may be temporarily retained in its raised position, during the operations of relea ing or closing the doors, by following a practice employed in similar operations in railroad service; namely, by inserting a wedge such as a nail or a small chip of wood between the inner face ofv the top of theblock 21 and the adjacent outer face of the car side 6.

The operation of the mechanism will be understood from the foregoing description so that those acquainted with this art may have a knowledge of'the construction and use of the device. I y

This has been described a preferred embodiment of the invention. Other embodiments are contemplated, within the scope of the appended claimspwithout leparting 'from the spirit thereof.

/Vhat is claimed is:

1. A door device for railway cars, includ ing a pair of doors hinged to the car body, a pair of supporting members therefor, the samebeingpivotedto the car body and arranged to swing transversely of the door, the door-engaging faces of the said door supporting members being arranged at one side of the pivot points thereof and there being faces formed upon the said door supporting I members at the opposite side of their respective pivot points, said faces being arranged to occupy substantially parallel planes when the said supporting members are in supporting engagement with the respective doors, and a lock removably interposed'between the said parallel faces, the said supporting members being arranged to transfer the full loads from the doors to theirrpivot points, independently of the said lock. Y

2. i In a door device for railway cars, a pair of doors and a pair of door supporting members therefor, the same being arranged to move away from each other torelease the doors, but having other portions which at the same time move toward each other, and a removable lockinterposed between the last named portions thereof,'tl1e door supporting members being supported upon the car body in such manner as to transfer the full loads from the doors thereto independently of the said lock.

3. In a door device for railway cars, a pair of supporting doors, a pair of hooks pivoted to the car and arranged to be swung toward each other to engage the doors, the said hooks having other portions which are so disposed as to approach each other when the hooks are released, and a removable block adapted to be inserted between the lastnamed portions of the hooks when the 'said hooks are in engagement with the doors, the door supporting members being supported upon the car body in such manner as -to transfer the full loads from the doors thereto independently of the said block.

i. In a door device, the combination with a car and a pair of doors of a pair of swinging door hooks one arranged to supportingly engage eachof the doors, a bracket overlying the hooks, a plurality of members for securing the bracket to the car, a portion of said members being arranged coincident with the pivot points of the said hooks,-a movable lockfor said hooks,'the same being co-operable between portions of the hooks to interlock the same, one of said securing members being arranged to retain saidlock within-operatingclnnits, the said hooks being arranged to tran smlt the load from the doors throughthe said securing members tothe car sides independently of the said lock.

5; In a door device for rallway cars or: the like, a door hinged tothe'car structure,'a

door-supporting hook, a b k t ffix drt the car-structure and arranged in spaced relationship therewith, the said hook being" greater width at one portion thereof than at another portion and having an elongated slot, the said lockbeing disposed in the interval between the said bracket and the" car structure and adjacent the"hook, there beiin a'projection upon the'bracket for 00- operation with the said slot to limit the movement ofthe lock.

6. In a door device for railway cars or the like, a bracket having pierced bosses on-the inner face of the same, rivets passing through said bosses, and through a portion of the car, there being a space betweenthe said bracket and the ear structure, a doorsupporting member disposed within' the said space and operative upon one of said bosses;

a slotted lock operative upon another of said bosses, the said lock being disposed within the said space adjacent the said supporting member and arranged when in oneposition to permit movement of the doorsupporting member and when in another position to-inpivoted upon the car body and arranged'to supportingly engage the same,1a hook-engaging arm secured to the door and arranged to extend outward beyondon edge of the same, the said arm having a hook-engaging face and an end wall, the latter being arranged to limit the creepage of the hook along the arm.

8. In a door device for railway cars, the combination with a swinging door of a hook pivoted upon the carbody and arranged to supportingly engage the same, a hook-engaging arm secured to the door and arranged to extend outward beyond an edge of the same, the said arm being formed of an angular member and the hook being arranged to seat beneath one leg of the angle, and a bracket secured to both legs of the angular member and arranged to stiffen and tie the two legs thereof together, and to retain the hook in engaged position therewith.

9. In a door device for railwaycars, the combination with a swinging door of a member pivoted upon the car body arranged to supportingly engage the door, an arm secured to the door and arranged to extend outward beyond an edge of the same and adapted for engagement by the said pivoted member, the said arm being formed of an angular section having two flanges, a brace casting secured to the arm in the vicinity of the point of engagement thereof with the said pivoted member, the ivoted member having its lower extremity ormed as an approach portion arranged for such contact with said casting as to cause the retraction of the pivoted member when the door isclosed. v r

In testimony whereof I affix my signature; WILLIAM E. WVINE. 

